Mateo Kovacic

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Don't know if there's a thread in this lad, was watching chievo versus inter and this lad looks a good player, I remember united been linked with him a few years back.
 
My heart skipped a beat when I saw this thread. My number one midfield crush.
 
Shame United didn't go for him when he was at Dinamo, could've got him for 10mil euros.
 
the amount of attention about this guy isn't just. i'm just going to say that out of verratti, thiago, isco and co, kovacic is the most talented of them all. intelligence, skill, dribbling at speed, passing, he's miles ahead of the level iniesta was at at the same age. if kovacic continues his development, he'll easily be the top midfielder in the world. right now mazzarri is proving how incompetent he is at inter with his use of players and tactics, if we ever get a chance at kovacic, i'd call 40m a bargain.
 
Love the guy, the poise, the ballet-like motion, the immense passing ability, makes football seem like an art - he can literally do everything and still hasn't turned 20. Unbelievable really seems like he's been around for ages. Will be a much better player than Modric 5 years down the line. Forget Kroos, sign Mateo up ffs.

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The Croatian midfield is looking pretty tasty with Modric, Rakitic and Kovacic. They'd all walk into our midfield.
 
Moyes cannot possibly know that he exists.
 
Is he a creative, flair player? Because those are not needed under moyes. Only workhorses with defensive awareness will do.

As evidenced by the promotion of Januzaj and purchase of Mata.

Come on, there are enough reasons for the "Moyes out" campaign. No need to make additional shit up.
 
Did someone say Kovacic?


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My #1 Muppet Love. It sucks that we have probably manouevered ourselves into a situation where we would overlook young talent now and go for established as needs must, but I'd take Mateo over the likes of Gundogan given the choice. Amazing talent.
 
the amount of attention about this guy isn't just. i'm just going to say that out of verratti, thiago, isco and co, kovacic is the most talented of them all. intelligence, skill, dribbling at speed, passing, he's miles ahead of the level iniesta was at at the same age. if kovacic continues his development, he'll easily be the top midfielder in the world. right now mazzarri is proving how incompetent he is at inter with his use of players and tactics, if we ever get a chance at kovacic, i'd call 40m a bargain.

He hasn't been great this season, you overrate him.

He could be the top midfielder in the world but it isn't as certain as you make it seem, talent wise he is not much more talented than Pogba, Isco, Veratti at all. The point about him being miles ahead of Iniesta at the same age again is wrong, unless you haven't watched him this season? He has been largely inconsistent, he is a talent but you make it seem like he is already excelling himself week in week out which is not true.
 
He hasn't been great this season, you overrate him.

He could be the top midfielder in the world but it isn't as certain as you make it seem, talent wise he is not much more talented than Pogba, Isco, Veratti at all. The point about him being miles ahead of Iniesta at the same age again is wrong, unless you haven't watched him this season? He has been largely inconsistent, he is a talent but you make it seem like he is already excelling himself week in week out which is not true.

Exactly. He hasn't been a certain starter and he's been very inconsistent. The talent is obviously there, but the names you mentioned have demonstrated much, much more.
 
£40 million bargain huh. Nope, watched him a bunch at Zagreb and thats nonsense. Maybe in 2 or 3 years he can be worth that kind of money but to call that a bargain now is insane.
 
He is having awfull season, really strange bump. I really like him though, excellent player to watch with so much talent, but he isn't even first choice at Inter this season.
 
Well if he's so dispensable at Inter right now I'd certainly stick in a cheeky offer.
 
I think him having an awful season is more due to frequent positional changes. Last year he was converted from a trequarista to a regista and performed brilliantly. But this season Mazzari has reverted to type and started tinkering with his playing position. I think once we see him settled in as a centrocampista for a couple of seasons we'll see his real talent. He's certainly better than Boban and Modric in terms of pure potential. He's just waiting to explode on the bigger stage.
 
English please.

What is regista, centrocampista?

Err sorry for the word dropping it's just basic Italian football terminology like the much more famous catenaccio which means a tactical system that pays more emphasis on defence.

Regista is a deep lying playmaker like say Scholesy in his later years or Pirlo
Trequarista is a classic no. 10 who's very creative like say Totti or Baggio
Centrocampista just means a good all-round central midfielder like say Modric or Gundogan
 
Err sorry for the word dropping it's just basic Italian football terminology like the much more famous catenaccio which means a tactical system that pays more emphasis on defence.

Regista is a deep lying playmaker like say Scholesy in his later years or Pirlo
Trequarista is a classic no. 10 who's very creative like say Totti or Baggio
Centrocampista just means a good all-round central midfielder like say Modric or Gundogan

Thanks. I knew about the frequently heard ones like the Trequartista and Catenaccio.
 
He's one of them players that I just can't make my mind up on, kind of like Lucas Moura.

On the one hand he's exciting in the way he can carry the ball, but he seems a bit sloppy at times and his technique often fails him. I don't think he's what we need at this moment in time anyway.
 
I can't wait for the first Moyes Ipad gifs. What a talent he is. BVB wanted him this january but Inter declined. Would love him here. He is exactly the kind of player we should be looking after. World class talent that can become a great player.
 
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